Cold Spring vs Peach Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Cold Spring and Peach Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Cold Spring and Peach Lake are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cold Spring has the higher population (1,868 vs 988 in Peach Lake). Peach Lake has the higher median household income ($136,136 vs $116,635 in Cold Spring). Cold Spring has the higher median home value ($590,600 vs $456,600 in Peach Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Cold Spring	Peach Lake
Population	1,868	988
Median age	41.5 yrs	53.5 yrs
Median household income	$116,635	$136,136
Median home value	$590,600	$456,600
Median gross rent	$1,734	$2,164
Housing units	963	536
Homeownership rate	64.0%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	69.0%	56.1%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cold Spring	Peach Lake
Population	1,775 → 1,868 (+5.2%)	1,604 → 988 (-38.4%)
Median household income	$98,056 → $116,635 (+18.9%)	$117,188 → $136,136 (+16.2%)
Median home value	$474,700 → $590,600 (+24.4%)	$389,000 → $456,600 (+17.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,445 → $1,734 (+20.0%)	$1,667 → $2,164 (+29.8%)

Cold Spring

Population

1,7751,868

Median household income

$98,056$116,635

Median home value

$474,700$590,600

Median gross rent

$1,445$1,734

Peach Lake

Population

1,604988

Median household income

$117,188$136,136

Median home value

$389,000$456,600

Median gross rent

$1,667$2,164

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cold Spring	Peach Lake
Under 5	5.5%	2.7%
5 to 17	14.6%	10.0%
18 to 24	5.2%	6.6%
25 to 34	9.7%	10.1%
35 to 44	17.7%	9.6%
45 to 54	10.2%	16.4%
55 to 64	16.9%	16.2%
65 to 74	11.6%	20.7%
75 and over	8.7%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cold Spring	Peach Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	81.9%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	8.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cold Spring	Peach Lake
No high school diploma	2.1%	2.5%
High school graduate	11.2%	17.3%
Some college or associate's	17.8%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	38.1%	31.5%
Graduate or professional degree	30.9%	24.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cold Spring	Peach Lake
Drove alone	37.0%	78.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	27.9%	4.4%
Walked	9.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.7%	17.0%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cold Spring	Peach Lake
1-unit, detached	53.1%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	19.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	15.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cold Spring	Peach Lake
Poverty rate	8.8%	7.2%
Average household size	2.24	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	50	39
Median year structure built	1953	1954